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Given that you guys support other clubs, you probably haven't seen every one of Skelton's games this year. When he has started, it would be fair to say that he's put in hard for probably 50-60 minutes and his aerobic fitness has improved markedly since the start of the season. Five or twenty...

This is the same James Slipper that's suspended for this match? Now I know you're dreaming!

Its 50-50 for me. Dennis was very good against the Canes. If we were playing the final this week and Pots was fully fit Dennis and Hoiles would both be on the bench

Yes its a pain to see Izzy interviewed again. I assume it was a sponsor's event because of the Goodman-Fielder Logo. Didn't anyone in their marketing department realise the irony of him being decked out in the Wonder White brand? The fact that the Force and Brumbies were both in SA made it...

No. Benching Kuridrani for McCabe would make it stronger. Given how well he has played I am at a total loss as to how McCabe is not starting. Kuridrani is not playing THAT well that he is an automatic starter.

Burton to start because Godwin is injured. That I understand and applaud. Moving Brache to wing leaving a totally rookie centre pairing - that I do not understand at all. Having a really hard defender at 13 to give Burton confidence is a no-brainer. CTM is not a noted defender and I...

I do hope Alofa is just being eased back slowly. He's quick, but he has got the most beautiful sidestep. Way better than Folau and that's saying something. I reckon Chieka will want to put Taqele on if the score blows out by 15+ just to see what he's got. Remember he's been seeing him at...

RH, Not every team can make the finals every year. Some teams like the Force and the Rebels have never made the finals once. The Kings got obliterated after one season. The Lions haven't tasted success since the "amateur" days of Super 10. The Highlanders got to the final once, I think, and...

Word from SMH is that Potgieter is still doubtful for the Lions game. I personally implore Chieka not to play him, or if he must play only for 15 minutes from the bench. He is so important to our games against the Rebels and particularly the Chiefs, that he must not aggravate the injury on...

A once-off for the Lions tour.

And unless my memory has totally turned to Swiss Cheese, he was never selected for the bench and he definitely did not ever start. The coaches felt he was just too green. Mind you, our coaches then were so risk averse they wouldn't have even selected Folau to start anywhere.

Bulls vs Brumbies thread is not open yet and I wanted to get in early. First para's on point.

The 62K is an average over the broadcast. My guess is that it started at 120K, dropped in the first 15 minutes and finished at 30K. This shows what Jakeball does to an audience. Those numbers are guaranteed to lead to a reduced Fox revenue offer, not that Jake would give two hoots.

I reckon Coles might start against the Soap Dodgers to see if he has developed enough to become the first choice hooker before the RC. The rest is pretty obvious, only call that will be line-ball for me is Smith and Dagg. I don't reckon Dagg's been playing all that well in Soop. Hard to see us...

Having the two worst SA teams on the road and not playing the Sharks has to be the best draw of all time! Enjoy it now, the planets won't align like this for another 250 years. The Force can, and should, win this. Two wins in SA would make them favorites for a spot in the six I would guess...

We found out last year the Brumbies travel well, so they should win this.Last week the Cheetahs looked good for twenty minutes but then got stifled out of it. It seems they cannot consistently perform at a high level Last year Coenie was a beast for them; this year he's a pussycat who often...

The fact that we have to win five out of the next six to get a good total is pretty scary because three games from that six are against teams above us on the table and the Reds will turn the last game into a shit fight. On that basis I think the most likely outcome is an away quarter final. Not...

But who else could he have picked? Sad to say he was probably the best available.

In SA football is the only competition. There is also a colour split with Rugby and Football, No SA Rugby supporter is ever going to worry about whether the game is entertaining or not. Its only in Australia that entertainment is an issue. As far as SA and NZ is concerned, winning is...

This is still a clear result of the ARU game being bloody difficult to work with. Me, I gave up with it weeks ago when it kept telling me I couldn't save my changes because I didn't have a full team when clearly I did.